Manhunter

Based On the book by Thomas Harris

Manhunter is a 1986 American crime thriller film directed and written by Michael Mann. Based on the 1981 novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, the film stars William Petersen as FBI profiler Will Graham, Tom Noonan as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde, Dennis Farina as Graham's FBI superior Jack Crawford, and Brian Cox as incarcerated killer Hannibal Lecktor. The film focuses on Graham coming out of retirement to lend his talents to an investigation on Dollarhyde, a killer known as the Tooth Fairy. In doing so, he must confront the demons of his past and meet with Lecktor, who nearly killed Graham years before.

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Release date:

1986

Director:

Michael Mann

Cast:

William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina

Genre:

Crime, Psychological thriller, Neo-noir, Independent, Crime thriller

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1986 in adaptations